The National Geographic Magazine
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The Country Store Is a Jolly Clubhouse
Here Wade Clark, father of the photographer whose pictures illustrate this article, sits on a piece of board
laid over an empty nail keg and studies a book on cattle. Clark Bruce, the proprietor, plays checkers with
Bob Clark. The merchant's son "kibitzes" at the contest between his dad and uncle. Kinship in the mountains
is far-reaching. Most families are related somehow; and even when no blood tie exists, elderly people are called
aunt and uncle. The heaped counter and laden shelves give only a slight idea of how merchandise is crowded
into small space. Behind the stove are tables piled almost to the ceiling with all sorts of goods (page 768).